This is an analysis of the poem Torn Down From Glory Daily that begins with:

All day we watched the gulls
striking the top of the sky ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeefgacfXfcaghcfehdbdggeiXgecbXai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 1001001 110011010 11 100111 11010101 1110 111101 0010101 110 1101011 101111101 010101100 10101010 11 101 01011100 11111010 0101 1010011 0110011010 0111001 111101001 1110101 0111 01111111 10100101 010100 0101 10111 111101 11101010 001001 111 11011010 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1001
  • Average number of words per stanza: 186
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; like is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Torn Down From Glory Daily;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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